Fine-grain processing by equal channel angular extrusion of rapidly quenched bulk Mg-Y-Zn alloy

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 93-101

  Watanabe, Hiroyuki ^a   Somekawa, Hidetoshi ^b,c   Higashi, Kenji ^b  

^a OSAKA MUNICIPAL TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HARDNESS; INGOTS; LATTICE CONSTANTS; MAGNESIUM METALLURGY; METAL CASTING; METAL EXTRUSION; METALLOGRAPHIC MICROSTRUCTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

EQUAL CHANNEL ANGULAR EXTRUSION (ECAE); INGOT METALLURGY;

MAGNESIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 22144477610     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/JMR.2005.0005     Document Type: Article

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